Encompased by France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Belgium excites the visitor with its miscellaneous panoramas: the rivers and passes of the Ardennes create a strong contrast with the ample plains that take up a wide area of the country, the majestic forests from the German and Luxembourg borders with the endless sand shores of the northern coast.
In Belgium, you will discover a land that is impressive through its well-known towns, with countless castles and cathedrals that will leave lasting memories.
BRUSSELS
In Belgium, you will discover a land that is impressive through its well-known towns, with countless castles and cathedrals that will leave lasting memories.
BRUSSELS
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| Brussels |
Brussels it's the place where you will be shocked to hear lots of unfamiliar languages. It has recently obtained the „international city" status, apart from being the „capital" of the European Union and United Nations. In Brussels you will meet a wide range of people, from bureaucrats and eurocrats to citizens from Congo, Northern Africa or Turkey, who supported the cultural and culinary variety of the place. Looking past skyscrapers and contemporan city's sumptuous boulevards, you will find that Belgium's archaic soul is still complete, living in the old-fashioned districts of mere workers or in the bourgeois neighborhoods.
There are two languages that are being used in Belgium: Flemish, the language of the German origin settlers from the north, and French. While on the streets of this beautiful city you should give great awareness to detail: old stores with extraordinary constructive specifics, sumptuous walls built in Art Deco style, doors and gates adorned with really special sculptures, temples slipped in the walls of buildings at the corner of the street, bearing the image of the Virgin Mary.
"The soul" of Brussels is the Grand-Place market, built in Baroque and Gothic styles, where you can witness the march of patriciate families descendants at the beginning of July or you can delight yourself with theater plays or outdoor concerts. In the south lies the area known as The Template, where the pre-nineteenth century Belgian essence has been preserved just about intact. In the north you will perceive the old labor neighborhood of Marolles, where street names today signify competence types that were practiced by their former tenants.
A tripper that has a weakness for sublime should not neglect a stopover at the Museum of Art, home of some of the most important works of Pieter Breughel - including the renowned Fall of Icarus - and of Peter Paul Rubens, and to the Museum of Modern Art, which prouds itself with the work of Francis Bacon, Salvador Dali, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso.
There are two languages that are being used in Belgium: Flemish, the language of the German origin settlers from the north, and French. While on the streets of this beautiful city you should give great awareness to detail: old stores with extraordinary constructive specifics, sumptuous walls built in Art Deco style, doors and gates adorned with really special sculptures, temples slipped in the walls of buildings at the corner of the street, bearing the image of the Virgin Mary.
"The soul" of Brussels is the Grand-Place market, built in Baroque and Gothic styles, where you can witness the march of patriciate families descendants at the beginning of July or you can delight yourself with theater plays or outdoor concerts. In the south lies the area known as The Template, where the pre-nineteenth century Belgian essence has been preserved just about intact. In the north you will perceive the old labor neighborhood of Marolles, where street names today signify competence types that were practiced by their former tenants.
A tripper that has a weakness for sublime should not neglect a stopover at the Museum of Art, home of some of the most important works of Pieter Breughel - including the renowned Fall of Icarus - and of Peter Paul Rubens, and to the Museum of Modern Art, which prouds itself with the work of Francis Bacon, Salvador Dali, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso.
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| Ghent |
GHENT
Ghent is the Flemish capital of the country, built in Gothic and Renaissance style, with a population of only 230,000 inhabitants. Impressive is the buildings construction from Graslei, the city's old port. There are two rivers, Leie and Lieve, that overpass this area. From the St. Michielsbrug bridge, the landscape is sublime: in the north you will contemplate the Gravensteen castle, home of Flemish counts between ages 9-12, where you can still admire a large range of torture instruments. The other castle, Geraard of Duivelsteen, dated from the13th century, has the same malevolent notoriety.
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| Bruges |
BRUGES
This classy Flemish city went through a serious growth since the Middle Ages. Through this port, the town became a great commercial transit of goods from Italy, the Far East, England or Russia. Bruges was famous all over the world for its wool products and the rare talent of its upholstery masters. The well-known Markt market dates from the 13th century; climbing its 366 stairs, you will contemplate the distinguished sight of this old city. Heilige Bloed Basiliek Basilica will speak to you about the times of the second crusade, when the Patriarch of Jerusalem - according to the legend - brought some drops of blood of Jesus to the Count of Flanders.
This classy Flemish city went through a serious growth since the Middle Ages. Through this port, the town became a great commercial transit of goods from Italy, the Far East, England or Russia. Bruges was famous all over the world for its wool products and the rare talent of its upholstery masters. The well-known Markt market dates from the 13th century; climbing its 366 stairs, you will contemplate the distinguished sight of this old city. Heilige Bloed Basiliek Basilica will speak to you about the times of the second crusade, when the Patriarch of Jerusalem - according to the legend - brought some drops of blood of Jesus to the Count of Flanders.
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